argonaut
see also: Argonaut
Noun
Argonaut
Pronunciation
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see also: Argonaut
Noun
argonaut (plural argonauts)
- Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
- 2018, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 27 March:
- Amazingly, it wasn’t until 2010 that scientists experimentally understood how argonauts use their shell constructions to float in the water column and control buoyancy.
- 2018, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 27 March:
- An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
- Portuguese: argonauta
- Russian: аргона́вт
Argonaut
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɑːrɡənɔːt/
- (Greek mythology) One of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.
- Any of several ships and submarines of the British and US navies.
- (Canadian football) A team member for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
- French: Argonaute (feminine used in fiction)
- German: Argonaut, Argonautin (feminine used in fiction)
- Italian: argonauta
- Portuguese: argonauta
- Russian: аргона́вт
- Spanish: argonauta
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